Earwolf
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Earwolf is a comedy podcasting network founded by Scott Aukerman
and Jeff Ullrich during the summer of 2010. It started with the preexisting show Comedy Death-Ray Radio
but has since grown to include several other podcasts, with the intention of adding even more.
In 2011, they announced a partnership with Funny Or Die
.
Radio), and the most downloaded. It is hosted by Scott Aukerman
and was originally an extension of his weekly live Comedy Death-Ray
show . Since then the show has evolved into its own entity, consisting of comedic interviews, characters and impressionists, comedy music and more. Notable guests include Ben Stiller
, "Weird Al" Yankovic
, Zach Galifianakis
, David Cross
and Bob Odenkirk
of Mr. Show
, and many other prominent figures in comedy. The show celebrated its two year anniversary in during its May 2 show and changed its name to Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast. The A.V. Club
listed the show as one of the top comedy podcasts of 2010 .
and is a sports-themed comedy program notably geared towards people that may not necessarily care about or follow sports. In addition to The Sklars, voice actor Chris Cox
often performs as various characters including Jerry Jones
, Tiger Woods
, Sam Elliot, and "Racist Vin Scully
." The show has featured a long list of famous guests, including Glenn Howerton
and Kaitlin Olson
from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
, Jeffrey Ross
, Patton Oswalt
, and Jon Hamm, discussing specific sports stories or general themes of sports in the news. The title is a parody of Marlboro
Cigarettes advertising campaign Marlboro Country.
and launched on December 7, 2010, Glitter in the Garbage is "a celebration of all thing fancy" that takes the shape of improvised sketches and monologues with Droege and his guests playing "obscure celebrities who celebrate, fight, feast upon, and polish the filth." Notable guests have included Saturday Night Live
alums Melanie Hutsell
, Michaela Watkins
, and Casey Wilson
; comedians James Adomian
, June Diane Raphael
and Groundlings member Stephanie Courtney
who is best known for playing Flo
in the Progressive Insurance commercials.
as the metaphor spouting title character, Grey Delisle
as Stephanie Client and featuring Neil Campbell
as the announcer. After premiering as a backdoor pilot during Comedy Deathray Radio, the first season lasted from January 4 to April 11, 2011.
, June Diane Raphael
, and Jason Mantzoukas
is the only bi-weekly show on the Earwolf network. Each show, which has a new guest, features the deconstruction and mockery of terrible films. Not only are jokes made, but attempts to unscramble plots are often begun before being abandoned. During the show's off week a ".5" episode is uploaded featuring Scheer announcing the next week's movie as well as challenges for the fans.
, Matt Gourley
, and Doug Benson
.
", Eardrop features a collection of comedians calling and leaving messages to an Earwolf answering machine, and those message then being played with sound effects between.
(as "Cyber Thug") with co-host "Miles Archer". Together they talked about hip-hop, athletics, and other urban topics. It launched in November 2010 and was formally announced canceled on December 28, 2010.
, Kyle Dunnigan
, and David Huntsberger, Professor Blastoff focuses on science, philosophy, and humanities.
-style elimination competition to win a year-long contract with Earwolf. The show is hosted by Matt Besser
. It was won by The Totally Laime podcast, hosted by the Los Angeles based husband and wife duo of Elizabeth Laime and Psychic Andy
Scott Aukerman
Scottrick "Scott" Aukerman is an American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host. In the mid-1990s, Aukerman was a writer and performer on Mr. Show with Bob and David. He currently hosts the weekly comedy podcast Comedy Bang Bang...
and Jeff Ullrich during the summer of 2010. It started with the preexisting show Comedy Death-Ray Radio
Comedy Death-Ray Radio
Comedy Bang Bang is a weekly comedy audio podcast, which began airing as a radio show on May 1, 2009. It is hosted by writer and comedian Scott Aukerman, best known for his work on the 1990s HBO sketch comedy program Mr...
but has since grown to include several other podcasts, with the intention of adding even more.
In 2011, they announced a partnership with Funny Or Die
Funny or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user-generated content. Funny or Die contains exclusive material from a number of famous contributors and also has its own Funny or Die Team, which creates...
.
Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Comedy Bang Bang is Earwolf's flagship podcast (previously known as Comedy Death-RayComedy Death-Ray
Comedy Death-Ray is a weekly "alternative" comedy show held every Tuesday in Los Angeles. CDR, as it is also known, was started by former Mr. Show writers/actors Scott Aukerman & B.J. Porter, who also perform as The Fun Bunch. The first show was on October 1, 2002 at L.A.'s M Bar...
Radio), and the most downloaded. It is hosted by Scott Aukerman
Scott Aukerman
Scottrick "Scott" Aukerman is an American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host. In the mid-1990s, Aukerman was a writer and performer on Mr. Show with Bob and David. He currently hosts the weekly comedy podcast Comedy Bang Bang...
and was originally an extension of his weekly live Comedy Death-Ray
Comedy Death-Ray
Comedy Death-Ray is a weekly "alternative" comedy show held every Tuesday in Los Angeles. CDR, as it is also known, was started by former Mr. Show writers/actors Scott Aukerman & B.J. Porter, who also perform as The Fun Bunch. The first show was on October 1, 2002 at L.A.'s M Bar...
show . Since then the show has evolved into its own entity, consisting of comedic interviews, characters and impressionists, comedy music and more. Notable guests include Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
, "Weird Al" Yankovic
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
, Zach Galifianakis
Zach Galifianakis
Zachary Knight "Zach" Galifianakis is an American stand-up comedian and actor known for his numerous film and television appearances including his own Comedy Central Presents special...
, David Cross
David Cross
David Cross is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work on HBO's sketch comedy series Mr...
and Bob Odenkirk
Bob Odenkirk
Robert "Bob" Odenkirk is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the HBO sketch comedy series Mr...
of Mr. Show
Mr. Show
Mr. Show with Bob and David is an American sketch comedy series featuring former Saturday Night Live writer/actor Bob Odenkirk and stand up comedian/actor David Cross...
, and many other prominent figures in comedy. The show celebrated its two year anniversary in during its May 2 show and changed its name to Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast. The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion. Its features include reviews of new films, music, television, books, games and DVDs, as well as interviews and other regular offerings examining both new and classic media and other elements of pop culture. Unlike its...
listed the show as one of the top comedy podcasts of 2010 .
Sklarbro Country
Sklarbro Country was the first show to be added to the Earwolf roster, and has been a part of Earwolf since its launch. It is hosted by Randy and Jason SklarRandy and Jason Sklar
Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar , professionally known as the Sklar Brothers, are American identical twin comedians and sportscasters. They formerly hosted the show Cheap Seats on ESPN Classic, which came to an end on November 19, 2006, after four seasons.-Biography:Randy and Jason grew up in suburban...
and is a sports-themed comedy program notably geared towards people that may not necessarily care about or follow sports. In addition to The Sklars, voice actor Chris Cox
Chris Cox (actor)
Chris Cox is a filmmaker and voice actor. He is best known, as himself, for the 2001 Small Shots TV series for Spike TV.Cox replaced George Eads in the role of Captain Atom for the popular animated series Justice League Unlimited. Eads was unwilling to reprise his voice role after an appearance in...
often performs as various characters including Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
Jerral "Jerry" Wayne Jones is the owner and general manager of the NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys.-Early life:Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. His family moved to North Little Rock, Arkansas when he was an infant. Jones was a star running back at North Little Rock High School...
, Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
, Sam Elliot, and "Racist Vin Scully
Vin Scully
Vincent Edward Scully is an American sportscaster, known primarily as the play-by-play voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on Prime Ticket, KCAL-TV and KABC radio...
." The show has featured a long list of famous guests, including Glenn Howerton
Glenn Howerton
Glenn Franklin Howerton III is an American actor of television and film. He is best known for his role as Dennis Reynolds on FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...
and Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin Olson is an American Bald Eagle best known for playing Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.-Early life and career:...
from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American television sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. New episodes continue to air on FX, with reruns playing on Comedy Central, general broadcast syndication, and WGN America—the first-ever cable-to-cable syndication deal for a sitcom...
, Jeffrey Ross
Jeffrey Ross
Jeff Ross is an American stand-up comedian, insult comic, actor, director and author.-Early life:...
, Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice actor. He is best known for portraying Spencer Olchin in the popular sitcom The King of Queens, voicing Remy from the film Ratatouille and Thrasher from the Cartoon Network original series Robotomy.-Early life:Oswalt was born...
, and Jon Hamm, discussing specific sports stories or general themes of sports in the news. The title is a parody of Marlboro
Marlboro
Marlboro is the name of various geographical locations, frequently named after the town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England:United States*Marlboro, New York*Marlboro, Vermont*Marlboro, Virginia*Marlboro County, South Carolina; Ohio...
Cigarettes advertising campaign Marlboro Country.
Who Charted? with Howard Kremer
Who Charted?, launched on December 7, 2010, focus on pop culture by analyzing various record charts. Each week Host Howard Kremer and "Chart Keeper" Kulap Vilaysack host a guest from the comedy or music field to review the week's charts and discuss their feelings on them. Towards the end of the episode the guest will play one of a variety of games.Glitter in the Garbage with Drew Droege
Hosted by Drew Droege of Planet UnicornPlanet Unicorn
Planet Unicorn is an American computer-animated cartoon series created by Mike Rose and Tyler Spiers for the webseries screening contest Channel 101...
and launched on December 7, 2010, Glitter in the Garbage is "a celebration of all thing fancy" that takes the shape of improvised sketches and monologues with Droege and his guests playing "obscure celebrities who celebrate, fight, feast upon, and polish the filth." Notable guests have included Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
alums Melanie Hutsell
Melanie Hutsell
Melanie Hutsell is an American comedic actress best known for her tenure on Saturday Night Live.Hutsell was born in Maryville, Tennessee. She began her career starring in a Chicago stage production, The Real Live Brady Bunch in 1990...
, Michaela Watkins
Michaela Watkins
Michaela Suzanne Watkins is an American comic actress, best known for her various roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, a regular performer with The Groundlings in Los Angeles, her recurring role as "Lucy" in the sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine, and for her supporting role as...
, and Casey Wilson
Casey Wilson
Cathryn Rose "Casey" Wilson is an American actress, comedienne and screenwriter. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2008–2009 and currently stars as Penny Hartz in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings....
; comedians James Adomian
James Adomian
James Adomian is an Armenian-American actor and stand-up comedian. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and currently lives in New York City...
, June Diane Raphael
June Diane Raphael
June Diane Raphael is an American actress, comedienne and screenwriter known for appearing in films such as Year One and Going the Distance...
and Groundlings member Stephanie Courtney
Stephanie Courtney
Stephanie Courtney is an American actress and comedienne, best known for playing the advertising character Flo in television commercials for Progressive Insurance and is noted for her recurring roles on several television shows, including the voices of Renee the Receptionist and Joy Peters on the...
who is best known for playing Flo
Flo (Progressive Insurance)
Flo is a fictional character that appears in commercials for Progressive Insurance. The character was created by the Boston-based agency Arnold Worldwide, specifically copywriter John Park and art director Steve Reepmeyer...
in the Progressive Insurance commercials.
Mike Detective
A send up of hardboiled detective stories starring Rob HuebelRob Huebel
Rob Huebel is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his sketch comedy work on the MTV series Human Giant. He currently co-stars on the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital.-Early life:...
as the metaphor spouting title character, Grey Delisle
Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle is an American voice actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. To date, she has released four solo albums and has featured on the tribute album Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash and film soundtrack of Loggerheads...
as Stephanie Client and featuring Neil Campbell
Neil Campbell
Neil Campbell may refer to:*Sir Neil Campbell , a hero of the Wars of Scottish Independence*Neill Campbell , Scottish nobleman who became governor of New Jersey from 1686 until 1687...
as the announcer. After premiering as a backdoor pilot during Comedy Deathray Radio, the first season lasted from January 4 to April 11, 2011.
How Did This Get Made?
How Did This Get Made? hosted by Paul ScheerPaul Scheer
Paul Christian Scheer is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He co-created and starred in MTV's sketch comedy series Human Giant and currently co-stars as Andre on the FX comedy The League. He also currently stars as Trent Hauser on the Adult Swim show NTSF:SD:SUV:: which he created...
, June Diane Raphael
June Diane Raphael
June Diane Raphael is an American actress, comedienne and screenwriter known for appearing in films such as Year One and Going the Distance...
, and Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas
Jason Mantzoukas is an American actor and comedian currently appearing as Rafi in the FX comedy series The League.-Life and career:Mantzoukas began performing improvisational comedy in college. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont. After college, Mantzoukas studied music and lived abroad for...
is the only bi-weekly show on the Earwolf network. Each show, which has a new guest, features the deconstruction and mockery of terrible films. Not only are jokes made, but attempts to unscramble plots are often begun before being abandoned. During the show's off week a ".5" episode is uploaded featuring Scheer announcing the next week's movie as well as challenges for the fans.
Wolf Den
Premiering in February 2011 and hosted by Jeff Ullrich, The Wolf Den is a behind-the-scenes look at podcasting as a business. Ullrich discusses the business, informally, with prominent podcasters including Marc MaronMarc Maron
Marc Maron is an American stand-up comedian and podcast host.He has been host of The Marc Maron Show, and co-host of both Morning Sedition, and Breakroom Live, all politically-oriented shows, produced under the auspices of Air America Media. He was also the host of Comedy Central's Short Attention...
, Matt Gourley
Superego Podcast
Superego is an improvised, absurdist comedy podcast on by American comedians Jeremy Carter and Matt Gourley with regular contributors Mark McConville and Jeff Crocker.-Concept:...
, and Doug Benson
Doug Benson
Douglas Steven "Doug" Benson is an American stand-up comedian and actor who has appeared on Comedy Central Presents, Best Week Ever and was a contestant on Last Comic Standing in the show's fifth season....
.
Eardrop
On March 14, 2011 Earwolf premiered Eardrop. Calling it an "Audio TwitterTwitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
", Eardrop features a collection of comedians calling and leaving messages to an Earwolf answering machine, and those message then being played with sound effects between.
Cyber Thug Radio
Cyber Thug Radio was a part of Earwolf for two weeks before being discontinued. It was hosted by Jerry MinorJerry Minor
Jerry C. Minor is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his comedic roles in numerous television programs such as Mr. Show, Saturday Night Live, Delocated, Crossballs, Carpoolers and Lucky Louie....
(as "Cyber Thug") with co-host "Miles Archer". Together they talked about hip-hop, athletics, and other urban topics. It launched in November 2010 and was formally announced canceled on December 28, 2010.
Professor Blastoff
Premiering on May 2, 2011 and hosted by Tig NotaroTig Notaro
Tig Notaro, born Carl Notaro, is an American stand-up comic."Tig" is a nickname, bestowed upon her by her brother when both were children. Her great-great-grandfather was the mayor of New Orleans....
, Kyle Dunnigan
Kyle Dunnigan
Kyle Dunnigan is an American comedian. He has appeared in stand-up comedy shows on Comedy Central like Comedy Central Presents, and has made appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He has also had a recurring role as Trudy...
, and David Huntsberger, Professor Blastoff focuses on science, philosophy, and humanities.
Earwolf Challenge
Billed as "America’s first reality podcast", the Earwolf Challenge premiered July 11, 2011 and follows ten podcasts through a reality televisionReality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
-style elimination competition to win a year-long contract with Earwolf. The show is hosted by Matt Besser
Matt Besser
Matthew Gregory "Matt" Besser is an American actor and comedian best known as one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch comedy troupe who also had their own show on Comedy Central from 1998-2000....
. It was won by The Totally Laime podcast, hosted by the Los Angeles based husband and wife duo of Elizabeth Laime and Psychic Andy
External links
- Earwolf Home Page
- Earwolf on iTunes
- Earwolf CEO Jeff Ullrich interviewed on comedy podcast The Gentlemen's Club with Caleb Bacon